On 2 August 2018 at 12:39, gumb <gumb@linuxmail.org> wrote:
On 02/08/18 10:44, Felix Miata wrote:
jdd@dodin.org composed on 2018-08-02 09:40 (UTC+0200):
this is old:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxs-munich-crisis-crunch-vote-locks-city-on...
but seems to be confirmed, but I do not find the english version:
https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/de-linux-a-windows-une-partie-de-l-allemagne...
any hint?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux
Wouldn't be surprised if what killed it was replacement of KDE3 with KDE 4.4 in 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
I think what killed the Munich project was having to maintain an entire stack with their own bespoke LiMux distro, the fact that the KDE version was so far behind even when the project was launched, and having to do a lot of their own modifications to the office suite and other tools. I don't know so much about the Lower Saxony implementation, aside from it apparently being based on openSUSE. Would they not have had a certain number of SUSE licenses in order to get support and bugfixes pushed through?
The Lower Saxony implementation is currently using openSUSE Leap - I believe the engineers involved are quite happy with the solution (we certainly haven't heard negative feedback from them, and we have been in touch with them repeatedly in the past) Regarding LiMux - there is always going to be lots of external commentary for a situation like that. I won't comment on my opinion on whether LiMux was a good idea or not, but I will say that I love the fact that working at SUSE I have a number of new colleagues from Munich who have a fricking awesome amount of great experience ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org